Three men face drug charges, two connected to overdose deaths

Two Waynesboro men were arrested Thursday in connection with two separate drug overdose deaths, while a Chambersburg man was charged for selling heroin to an informant.

- Dale Andrew Daywalt, 31, was charged with drug delivery which reportedly resulted in the February 15 overdose death of a Waynesboro woman.

- David Joseph Northrup, 26, was charged with drug delivery resulting in the death of a Waynesboro man on Aug. 16.

Waynesboro police also arrested Michael Anthony Rhodes II, 31 of Chambersburg, Thursday. Rhodes is charged with drug delivery, one felony count for use of a communications facility as well as possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

According to Waynesboro police, Rhodes made contact with a police informant on his cell phone and arranged to meet on Hamilton Avenue by the storage sheds on Oct. 25. The informant was provided with $100 of money from Waynesboro Police Department funds to make the transaction.

Court documents say that police witnessed Rhodes getting into the informant's vehicle and drive about a block. The informant later turned over a quantity of heroin allegedly purchased from Rhodes.

A preliminary hearing is set for Rhodes on Nov. 28 at 1 p.m. at Franklin County Central Court.

Drug deliveries

During an investigation into a February overdose death in Waynesboro, police interviewed a woman that said she met "Drew" (Daywalt), another man and the eventual female overdose victim, who drove them to the Valley Mall in Hagerstown.

According to court documents, the victim handed Daywalt $100 and he allegedly exited the vehicle at the mall to "meet his guy." A short time later, Daywalt reportedly returned with four baggies of heroin.

The woman told police that everyone took a hit of heroin on the way home and that a male passenger went unconscious. The victim reportedly pulled over, got the man out of the vehicle, while Daywalt took off running on foot.

The man was later interviewed by Waynesboro police and confirmed that Daywalt was the man they received the drugs from.

On February 17, Daywalt was interviewed by Waynesboro police and denied buying any heroin at the Valley Mall. He then stopped answering questions from police.

On April 6, Waynesboro police obtained the autopsy report for the female overdose victim who died on February 15. The blood test detected Fentanyl and its metabolite and Tramadol. Based on those results, police charged Daywalt in connection with the woman's overdose death.

In an unrelated incident, Waynesboro police conducted a series of interviews following the overdose death of a man on Aug. 16. A urinalysis from the victim revealed a positive for Fentanyl and Carfentanyl.

According to court documents, the woman that found the overdosed man told police that he and herself regularly used heroin and they bought it off Northrup.

On Sept. 21, the woman told police that the victim bought heroin from Northrup the night he died. She also told police that she got really sick that night after using it and added that she never got that sick before from using anything they bought from Northrup, according to court documents.

During an interview, Northrup admitted to police that he was contacted by the victim by text message to purchase some heroin on the afternoon of the day he died. Northrup said that the woman and the victim picked him up and they drove to Hagerstown.

Northrup wouldn't reveal his dealer in Hagerstown or the location where he made the deal, according to court documents. He told police they bought what they thought was a half gram of heroin that night for $50 and it came in a corner baggie.

Northrup told police that he did not know what went wrong that night because he had gotten heroin off the same people before for the victim and the woman, and "they liked it because it was strong and they never got sick."

Blood toxicology results revealed six substances in the victim's body including several forms of Fentanyl.

Northrup and Daywalt were both taken to Franklin County Jail where they were unable to post bail. They each have preliminary hearings set for Nov. 28 at 1 p.m.

Contact Dustin Haluska at dhaluska@therecordherald.com, 717-762-2151 or on Twitter: @dhaluska

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